Monthly borough council meetings are open to the general public. But in most towns, including Lehighton, usually very few people attend.
Councilman Dale Traupman said he wants to know what people in t...
It used to be that firefighters in Summit Hill had to turn the mirrors sideways on their apparatus to back the trucks into their old fire station.
The bays were so narrow that if they didn't, the truc...
The Tamaqua Area Water Authority has issued a water boil advisory for its customers located near SR54, west of South Street in Hometown. Due to a water main break on Wednesday, the authority is advisi...
Prices to obtain U.S. passports will soon be a little higher.
Joann Behrens, Carbon County's prothonotary, recently released the Department of State's new schedule of fees for consular services in the...
Sal Digiglio of the New Columbus section of Nesquehoning is pampering his tomato plants. He started the plants after receiving the seeds from a relative in Italy. The seeds were planted inside until a...
Eager, excited and anxious.
That's what the owners of Guardian Elder Care of Brockway, the new owners of Weatherwood, the former Carbon County Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Weatherly, felt...
Sara Pysher of Lehighton graduated magna cum laude on May 8 from Mansfield University in Mansfield.
Pysher earned a bachelor's degree in music education. She finished with an overall 3.77 grade point ...
The engagement of Angela Marie Kutchera to Matthew Haddle has been announced by their parents.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of James and Jamesina Kutchera of Jim Thorpe. She is a 2003 graduate of J...
The antique and the classic cars were the same but Blue Mountain added a festival to the annual Pacemaker Car Cruise, previously held in Palmerton. This year's event was held June 19.
The Palmerton We...
On Tuesday the Pennsylvania State House adopted a resolution to urge the United States Postal Service to issue a coal miners postage stamp.
Pennsylvania House Resolution 873, sponsored by Rep. Eddie D...